"As the maniacs discovered this week, the good 'ol SoundBlaster Live! does get a bit hot, especially when you are running EAX along with Surround Sound and various other effects. Well with them being insane people and being attracted to anything that can have a heatsink installed, they could not resist modding their Live! The even did some inhouse thermal testing with this!"

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